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not entirely

ADVERB

incompletely

Synonyms

WEAK

faultily inadequately not completely

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at best at most at worst bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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The $500,000 family in the New York Times piece is bougie but not entirely out of touch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Venegas is now adding her voice to this shared-but-fractured written history; albeit, not entirely on purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Beating expectations and providing good guidance isn’t enough anymore, and it’s not entirely clear what the mark for enough is.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Carlo Nordio's deputy, Francesco Paolo Sisto, has batted away criticism, saying the need for further scrutiny in this case was not due to negligence but allegations of "not entirely proper conduct" by Minetti.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

By 1945, a growing number of whites in the North had concluded that the Jim Crow system would have to be modified, if not entirely overthrown.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

not entirely

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